Pretending To Be Normal

Author : Liane Holliday Willey
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0857009877
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pretending to be Normal written by Liane Holliday Willey and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2014-09-21 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compelling and witty, Liane Holliday Willey's account of growing to adulthood as an undiagnosed 'Aspie' has been read by thousands of people on and off the autism spectrum since it was first published in 1999. Bringing her story up to date, including her diagnosis as an adult, and reflecting on the changes in attitude over 15 years, this expanded edition will continue to entertain (and inform) all those who would like to know a little more about how it feels to spend your life `pretending to be normal'.

Author : Liane Holliday Willey
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1853027499
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pretending to be Normal written by Liane Holliday Willey and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pretending to be Normal tells the story of a woman who, after years of self-doubt and self-denial, learned to embrace her Asperger's syndrome traits with thanksgiving and joy. Chronicling her life from her earliest memories through her life as a university lecturer, writer, wife and mother, Liane Holliday Willey shares, with insight and warmth, the daily struggles and challenges that face many of those who have Asperger's Syndrome. Pretending to be Normal invites its readers to welcome the Asperger community with open acceptance, for it makes it clear that, more often than not, they are capable, viable, interesting and kind people who simply find unique ways to exhibit those qualities. The last part of the book consists of a series of substantial appendices which provide helpful coping strategies and guidance, based on the author's own experience, for a range of situations. This positive and humane book will provide not only insight into the Asperger world which will prove invaluable for the professionals who work with people with Asperger's Syndrome, but also hope and encouragement for other people with Asperger's Syndrome, their families, and their friends.

Author : Mary Campisi
Publisher : Mary Campisi Books, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1938786025
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pretending Normal written by Mary Campisi and published by Mary Campisi Books, LLC. This book was released on 2013-01-13 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pretending Normal, formerly Lies Imitating Life, was a past quarter finalist in Ray Bradbury’s New Century New Writer Award contest. It was also a past semi-finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest. 1976 Before-Sara Polokovich wants out of Norwood, Pennsylvania, population 4,582, where the undertaker and the butcher are the same person. All she has to do is earn a scholarship. Just two more years…but until then, she pours over classics to strengthen her comprehension skills, reviews for the SAT, and continues to request college brochures from every school in the northeast. Sara’s just buried her mother, her father drinks too much, and her kid sister won’t leave her alone. Why can’t her life be normal? Even half-normal? Why does Frank, (she refuses to think of him as her father anymore), spend all of his time in the garage with that damn ‘57 Chevy? And why does he have to hide bottles all over the house; in the red metal cupboard in the garage, behind the faded orange curtain in the kitchen, under the sink in the bathroom? Why can’t anybody talk about what’s happening? As Sara struggles to free herself from a life of dysfunction and disease, she will learn the true depths of a parent’s love and the ultimate sacrifice given— and taken— in the name of that love. Pretending Normal follows Sara Polokovich’s coming of age as she discovers the truths about family with all of its flaws and weaknesses as the bond that holds one to another, in love, loyalty, even death. BONUS: Included with this ebook is the emotion-filled short story, The Death of Mary Alice Olivetti.

Author : Rochelle Miller
Publisher : Connor Court Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781922168269
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Everyone Pretend to Be Normal written by Rochelle Miller and published by Connor Court Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an autobiographical account of one family's journey through the puzzling maze of autism, as narrated by mother Rochelle Miller. Sometimes wry and irreverent, it tells of the challenges and triumphs involved with caring for two sons with Autism Spectrum Disorder, examining a serious subject in a sometimes not-so-serious light. --- "There is much pain and some black humour along the path of raising autistic children but also quiet pride and solace gained by seeing progress made, however incremental. Rochelle Miller has raised not one but two children on the autism spectrum with the help and support of Ben and many others, she has now written her personal story with clarity and vibrance." - The Honourable Tim Fischer AC, former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia

Author : Liane Holliday Willey
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1853028738
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Asperger Syndrome in the Family written by Liane Holliday Willey and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2001 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author looks with honesty and humour at the implications of Asperger Syndrome for sufferers and other family members. Offers practical help for families in similar situations.

Author : Michelle Painchaud
Publisher : Viking
ISBN 13 : 0670014974
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pretending to be Erica written by Michelle Painchaud and published by Viking. This book was released on 2015 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Violet has been preparing her entire life to step into the shoes of the missing heiress Erica Silverman, in order to pull off the biggest inside job in Las Vegas history. She doesn't count on having a conscience"--

Author : Jenny Lawson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0425261018
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Let's Pretend This Never Happened written by Jenny Lawson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 New York Times bestselling (mostly true) memoir from the hilarious author of Furiously Happy. “Gaspingly funny and wonderfully inappropriate.”—O, The Oprah Magazine When Jenny Lawson was little, all she ever wanted was to fit in. That dream was cut short by her fantastically unbalanced father and a morbidly eccentric childhood. It did, however, open up an opportunity for Lawson to find the humor in the strange shame-spiral that is her life, and we are all the better for it. In the irreverent Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, Lawson’s long-suffering husband and sweet daughter help her uncover the surprising discovery that the most terribly human moments—the ones we want to pretend never happened—are the very same moments that make us the people we are today. For every intellectual misfit who thought they were the only ones to think the things that Lawson dares to say out loud, this is a poignant and hysterical look at the dark, disturbing, yet wonderful moments of our lives. Readers Guide Inside

Author : David Basil
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780957599901
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Are You Pretending to Be Normal? written by David Basil and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Edwin Lewis
Publisher : Palmer Higgs Pty Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1921999160
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Asperger Demerger written by Richard Edwin Lewis and published by Palmer Higgs Pty Ltd. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A complex autobiography which describes interaction with thousands of people on a trail of 45 years of undiagnosed autism."--Back cover.

Author : Bonnie Burstow
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773590315
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychiatry Disrupted written by Bonnie Burstow and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is growing international resistance to the oppressiveness of psychiatry. While previous studies have critiqued psychiatry, Psychiatry Disrupted goes beyond theorizing what is wrong with it to theorizing how we might stop it. Introducing readers to the arguments and rationale for opposing psychiatry, the book combines perspectives from anti-psychiatry and critical psychiatry activism, mad activism, antiracist, critical, and radical disability studies, as well as feminist, Marxist, and anarchist thought. The editors and contributors are activists and academics - adult education and social work professors, psychologists, prominent leaders in the psychiatric survivor movement, and artists - from across Canada, England, and the United States. From chapters discussing feminist opposition to the medicalization of human experience, to the links between psychiatry and neo-liberalism, to internal tensions within the various movements and different identities from which people organize, the collection theorizes psychiatry while contributing to a range of scholarship and presenting a comprehensive overview of resistance to psychiatry in the academy and in the community. Contributors include Simon Adam (University of Toronto), Rosemary Barnes University of Toronto, Peter Beresford (Brunel University), Bonnie Burstow (University of Toronto), Chris Chapman (York University), Mark Cresswell (Durham University), Shaindl Diamond (York University), Chava Finkler (Memorial University), Ambrose Kirby (therapist in private practice, Brenda A. LeFrançois (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Mick McKeown (University of Central Lancashire), Robert Menzies (Simon Fraser University), China Mills (Oxford University), Tina Minkowitz (World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry), Ian Parker (University of Leicester), Susan Schellenberg, Helen Spandler (University of Central Lancashire), and AJ Withers (York University). A courageous anthology, Psychiatry Disrupted is a timely work that asks compelling activist questions that no other book in the field touches.